Information on possible SCH adjustments and 2 hour spells Follow

Didn't it used to be unresistable and they patched it a while back after a group (with Kaeko and others) discovered they could layer it onto AV to beat it really quickly? Might be wrong there, it happened before I came back to FFXI.

Scholar - Part 2!
Here is the follow-up to yesterday's Scholar post! I know it's been pointed out there's another thread, but it'd be weird to have part 1 here and part 2 there... I made a judgement call! (And I still blame Camate!)

We are working on responding to questions about spells and everything else by the beginning of next week.


Strategems


I would like the amount of charges for stratagems increased.
We will look into this, but balancing charges is surprisingly complicated, so we will need some time to work on this.


I would like Adloquium’s regain effect, when used in conjunction with Rapture, increased.
We may be able to work on a slight increase. However, considering that Rapture can be used relatively frequently, a drastic increase would be unlikely.


I would like Modus Veritas to land every time.
We have intentionally balanced its current effect with the possibility of misses in mind, so we do not plan on going back to the previous effects.


I would like the recast time for Modus Veritas to be shortened.
Since there are many requirements for this ability to take effect, we will look into reducing the recast time along with making the ability easier to use.


I want haste and fast cast effects to be added to Celerity and Alacrity.
We can look into this. However, if this were to be implemented, we would need to look into negative effects like slow, too.


I want the effects of Accession to apply to my alliance members as well.
Spreading the effects of Accession to the alliance will disrupt the balance of this ability compared with similar spells and abilities, so we aren’t considering this.


I would like Manifestation to be able to make Elemental Magic AoE.
We will continue to look into this, but the effects of spells that are turned into AoE by Manifestation are weakened, so adjustments to maintain that balance would also be necessary. Please be aware that implementing this will take a lot of time.

Scholar - Part 3!

Here is yet another follow-up to all of your feedback related to scholar.
(Judging from the last rep post, it seems I angered Bayohne. Thankfully he is not here to punish me. Tomorrow is another day though... ><)

Magic


Make it possible to use Cure V.
In regards to support capability, we’re thinking more in the direction of adjustments that will differ from white mage.

Instead of just simply adding a high-tier Cure, we’re looking into making it so scholars can raise their performance further by enhancing the effects of stratagem use and regen-type magic. However, this doesn’t mean that we won’t be adding a high-tier Cure later down the line.


Make it so Reraise can be cast on other party members via AoE spell casting.
While this isn’t impossible, we would need to change the magic rules and it would take some time to do so. Additionally, we would need to consider the fact that other jobs would then be able to do this as well and adjustments would be necessary.


Add a spell that enhances the rate of magic criticals.
We would like to look into adding an effect to storm spells so that the magic critical rate will increase for the respective element when you are under their effects.


Add spells that decrease an enemy’s evasion and TP gain.
We are planning to add a higher tier Gravity as a spell to reduce an enemy’s evasion. We will also be looking into spells that give the effect of subtle blow.


Add spells that increase WS damage.
Though careful adjustments are necessary in regards to balance, we would like to look into this.


Similar to “Decoy” from FFXII, add a buff that turns you into a decoy and eliminates the effect when an enemy casts Dispel on you.
Balance wise, there is a chance this is possible if it only covers a single enhancement effect. It would probably have a weak effect against special abilities that remove multiple enhancement effects at once. In the case that this were made into an ability, when considering the stats, the recast timer would probably be quite long.


Add sphere-type spells.
For sphere effects, there would be no way of handling the opposite enfeebling effects, such as Slow versus Haste effects. This makes it an extremely powerful spell, so from a balance perspective it will not be easy to do.


Add a spell that makes it so a player’s pet can intimidate a monster.

This is something that seems like it would be better suited to explore with pet jobs than scholar.


Add powerful spells and abilities that can only be used by scholar.
You all have been posting a ton of ideas about this!

We are currently looking over all of them and considering each and every one. Please give us a bit of time so we can work on some plans.

That's a good idea, but if your helix gets resisted you basically just wasted your MV anyway.